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Phenotype
The phenotype is a physical characteristic that is expressed by the genes. ----- An example of a phenotype is human blood group.
The characteristics it obtains from its' phenotype (genetic material; DNA)For Example:AA (Genotype) codes for long hair (phenotype).
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The dimpled chin of Kirk Douglas is world-renowned. Your dimpled chin has more of a cleft than a simple dimple.
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None. A dimpled chin is the result of a dip or cleft in the bone of the jaw. It's a genetically inherited trait that can't be developed by exercise.
A dimpled chin a dimple chin
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Ex. Genotype = Phenotype AA Pure, no cleft chin Aa Hybrid, no cleft chin AA Pure, cleft chin XX Female XY Male
Interesting question, I can see why one might wonder this, since a cleft chin may be though of as 'masculine'. I'm a mixed martial artist, and thinking about the anatomy of the cleft chin would tell me the answer is 'no'. The cleft is due to an incomplete formation of fusing the jawbone together, therefore, fighting someone with a cleft chin may even be something to exploit with a nice right hook.
The underside of the chin of a chicken or rooster is called a wattle. A wattle is usually orange in color.
50% would be expected to have the dimple, but in the pot shoot that makes up our genetic material, all or none may in reality end up dimpled.
This would depend on whether the allele for dimples is dominant or recessive. If the allele for dimples is dominant and the no dimples allele is recessive then the phenotype of the individual would be dimpled. If the allele for no dimples is dominant and the allele for no dimples is recessive then the dimples will not be expressed. If these alleles are codominant then the dimples will be expressed but not as much as in an individual who has both alleles for dimples.
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This may sound a little farfetched, but other than surgery this is probably the only way that you may be able to get rid of a cleft dimpled chin, so please bear with me and don't label this "impossible" or "a load of a garbage" right off the bat. Mien Shang is the ancient Taoist art of face reading. Now, I am not a Taoist and I am a serious skeptic, but you can actually take classes for this in some colleges now, so it may have some validity. What Mein Shang proposes is that are facial features portray our personalities. What the cleft chin stands for is hypersexuality. So, assuming that you have already hit puberty, then what you might want to try is cutting down on how frequently you have sex/masturbate (however, don't totally stop masturbating seeing as masturbating can supposively prevent some forms of cancer.) for a while, and if it doesn't appear that your cleft dimpled chin is beginning to vanish than just go back to how you'd normally live and don't worry about it because Mien Shang is probably a bunch of pseudoscience. Having a cleft dimpled chin is nothing to be ashamed of. Yes, some people find it less attractive than a regular chin, but some find it more attractive. Not many people have cleft chins and therefore it makes you unique. Cleft chins are genetically inherited and there's probably nothing you can do about it, but I suppose the above stated method can't hurt to try.